A German official message says that on the Somme the lighting is again in full swing, but declares that Allied attacks at Courcelette, Rancourt, and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 34 wordsIn reply to a question, Senator G. F. Pearce, Minister for Defence, said today that the regulations governing the calling up of men next month under ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 335 wordsUp to late hour reports from the country showed that the wheat stacks in most of the country districts were fairly safe from heavy damage by rain ...
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Article : 107 wordsCharles Reeve, 30, Thomas Glynn, 35, Peter Larkin, 46, John. Hamilton, 42, who were arrested on Saturday in the raid on the rooms of the Industrial ...
Article : 92 wordsJohn Lewis, milkman, was drowned in Skeleton Creek, Werribee, on Saturday. His body was recovered today. ...
Article : 19 wordsAccepted volunteers at Victoria Barracks up to 1 p.m. numbered 61. Twenty-five applications were deferred. ...
Article : 23 wordsDirections have been given by the Water Commission to an officer to investigate a report that flood waters have made a breach in one of the ...
Article : 43 wordsFor the first time since it was constructed several years ago, the Henley landing was partly under water Saturday and yesterday. Some gravel was ...
Article : 114 wordsRochester is isolated, both telegraph and railway communication having been interrupted. A partial telephone message that ...
Article : 47 wordsLady Helen Munro Ferguson presided at a meeting of the advisory committee of the Australian Branch of the British Red Cross Society this afternoon. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 77 wordsOwng to the overflow of drainage channels and of the Kardinia Creek, a large portion of the reclaimed land at Kooweerup is under water. ...
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Article : 115 wordsAccording to an official report which reached Mr W. Cattanach, Chairman of the Water Commission, today, a flood equal to the record one of 1870 ...
Article : 54 wordsThe body of a man about 50 years of age, and supposed to be that of Andrew Phillips, of Minyip,Victoria, was found on the railway line near ...
Article : 57 wordsOwing to damage to telegraph lines, cable and telegraph messages between Melbourne and the other capitals were considerably interfered with ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 343 wordsWhen the late Mr W. Thwaites was engineer for the Metropolitan Board of Works, he propounded a scheme for forming a lake in a depression near the ...
Article : 125 wordsReports received at the Railway Department this morning told that the rivers and creeks in all districts had risen considerably, while in some ...
Article : 168 wordsAt the Morgue today the body of the woman found drowned on Saturday, at Sandringham was Identified as that of Margaret Jane Sterry, a widow, who ...
Article : 82 wordsIn its report at the annual meeting of members of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club this afternoon, the committee stated that the club, had paid ...
Article : 207 wordsA British official message from Salonica says: -- "On the Struma front we have crossed at three places near Jeniman, ...
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Family Notices : 156 wordsAlthough light rain fell at intervals throughout the morning, it did not warrant a cessation of activities on the water-front, and with the exception of ...
Article : 220 wordsOn Saturday Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister, got into touch with Mayors, Presidents, or other representatives of governing bodies in country ...
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Advertising : 55 words"The Melton Basin is standing the strain nobly," said Mr W. Cattanach, Chairman of the Water Commission, today. He added that he had no ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Drysdale benefit race meeting, which was to have been held today, has been postponed until next Saturday, owing to the heavy rain. ...
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The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), Mon 25 Sep 1916, Page 12
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